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Foreign affairs

Lithuania’s OECD accession will require reforms

Lithuania will have to implement reforms on its path to membership of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD Deputy Secretary-General Mari Kiviniemi said in Vilnius on Thursday, adding that these reforms will benefit the country. […]

Vilnius Palace of Concerts and Sports
Society

Vilnius Sports Palace, built on Jewish cemetery, to host conferences, not concerts, PM says

Built within the territory of a former Jewish cemetery, the Vilnius Palace of Concerts and Sports will host conferences after its reconstruction, and not concerts, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Wednesday. […]

State Security Department
Politics

Security Department to screen every refugee to be resettled in Lithuania

The State Security Department will scrutinize every refugee to be resettled in Lithuania to make sure that persons linked with terrorism do not enter the country, says the department’s director Darius Jauniškis. […]

Loreta Graužinienė
Politics

Lithuanian government behind in preparations for refugee resettlement, parliament speaker says

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says that the government is not moving fast enough in its preparations to receive refugees. […]